Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
-- Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5

Slim and Franke

Happy New Year

Monday, September 03, 2012

ALWAYS ASK "WHY"

Question Of The Week 9/3/12

If you could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice, what would it be?

Whitemist -- I once heard a visiting bishop say that if an infant could exist alone after birth on a desert island it would have an inherent believe in an almighty Creator. It is only as the child grows under the influence of others that it begins to doubt.

Telling the truth will serve you well all of your life. If you tell the truth you never have to kill yourself remembering what you have said to someone. You only have to remember what actually happened, and that's hard enough.

Nancy -- That's my husband's motto too. I try to behave in such a manner but sometimes my imagination runs wild and I have to embellish a bit. (I had another bout of shots for trigger finger!) (Loved your Gussie story on the Elder Storytelling Place.)

I'm surprized that your trigger finger returned and you had to get another shot. I know it hurt and I'm sorry you had to do that.

Let's hope this is the last time.

Thanks for your nice comment about the story at the Elder Storytelling Place. I wish more of your readers would visit there and read the stories. I think they would like that site and maybe they have stories to tell themselves. Everyone who writes there is an amateur writer so everyone fits in.

Lynn -- "Do unto others....." If only we all treated each other the way we want to be treated!

Riot Kitty -- Counting blessings is such good advice. Much better than lingering over unhappy events.

qandlequeen -- You are so right! A song packed with good advice:"I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the oceanWhenever one door closes I hope one more opensPromise me that you'll give faith a fighting chanceAnd when you get the choice to sit it out or dance

I hope you dance"

Nancy -- You are so right about the Elder Storytelling Place. I have published a couple of stories there too. I'm thinking maybe that's how you and I met??

Snaggle Tooth -- You are in good company with Lynn giving virtually the same advice straight from the Golden Rule. Probably the best advice ever given.

About Me

Favorite quote by Angie Worth: "Faith is what holds us together while religion tears us apart."
ABOUT ME: I avoid the news. I have turned off my political upheaval. My days of political activisim are supposed to be over. My hands have been thrown up in surrender and I try to be the best wife, mom, grandma, sibling and chicken farmer that I can be. "I am alive, I am alive by God's grace, I am living in God's care."

PAINT PARTY FRIDAY

29 FACES CHALLENGE

29 FACES CHALLENGE

Counter-Terrorist Rooster

UNUSUAL HENHOUSE KIDNAPPING

Published in Countryside Magazine, Sept/Oct 2009 isue. A surprise in one of our chicken house nest boxes Be sure and click to enlarge.

POETRY PORTRAITS

Custom, descriptive poetry for all occasions. Granny Annie established Poetry Portraits by Angie Worth in 1983 and has written and sold over 1,000 since that time. "Angie Worth takes up where Hallmark leaves off" Lou Ann Ruark, Tulsa World, 1984